Joseph newman



J. NEWMAN. Button and Stud.

Patented May 18', 1880.

11w 04mm UNITED STATES JOSEPH NEWMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PATENT OFFICE.

BUTTON AND STUD.

SPECIJEIGATION' formingpart of Letters Patent No. 227,700, dated May 18,1880.

Application filed November 17, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosEPH NEWMAN, of the city of New York, in thecounty of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in But tons and Studs; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,that will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

Figure 1 represents a cross-section of a button embodying my invention.Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are detailed lviews of parts.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to that class of buttonsin which the head isprovided with a tubular post having at its inner end a lip, and the backis provided with a split post having a tip, the two parts beingconnected by pushing the split post into the tubular post.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved article ofmanufacture consisting of a button-back having a split post providedwitha beveled tip and a horizontal elliptical flange intermediate thesaid back and the end of the post, and a button-head having a tubular post provided at its inner end with a lip and its outer extremity with ahorizontal elliptical flange, the two elliptical flanges lyingcoincident and adjacent to each other when the parts of the buttdn arein place.

In the drawings, the letters A B designate the two sections of the post;0, the back, and D the head, of the button.

The parts may be made of various materials 5 but the material used forthe inner section, A, of the post should possess inherent elasticity.

The two sections A B are arranged to telescope, and the back 0 iscombined with the lower section, A, while the head D is combined withthe upper section, B, in any usual or suitable manner.

On the upper end of the lower or inner section', A, is formed a tip, e,which is beveled on its upper and lower edge, and which is renderedelastic by splitting that section of the post in a longitudinaldirection, as at f.

At the upper or inner end of the outer section, B, is a shoulder,g,'which, in this example, is formed by an inner edge of a ring-shapedplate on the bottom of the head D, but which can be formed in anyway-as, for example,

by suitably bending the inner edge of the secits place above the same,whereby the two sections are firmly connected." On the other hand, whenthe sections AB are pulled apart or away from each other, the tip 6repasses the shoulder g, and thus allows the two sections to bedisconnected.

It follows that my button may be applied to a gaw or detached therefromwith facility, and at the same time, owing to the simplicity ofitmoionstruction, the article is not liable to get out of order.

With the sections A B, respectively, is combined a flangeflt or 11, theflange h being at the lower end of outer section, and the flange t at ornear theniiddle of the inner section. These flanges h 1' act inconjunction with the head and back of the button to hold the sections AB on the two parts to be united, as the two layers of a cuff, one partor layer being received between the flange hand head D and the otherbetween flange i and the back 0, the object being to prevent loss orinisplacement of the sections. Flanges of this character have heretoforebeen used for a like purpose, but were made circular, which not onlymade it difficult to pass the same through a button- I hole, but alsoled to its distortion.

To overcome this objection I make the flanges h z of a substantiallyellipticalshape, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, a flange of this shape beingpractically adapted to the purpose intended, and being obviously lessdifficult to insert in a button-hole than a round one.

I claim- As an improved article of manufacture, a button consisting ofthe back 0, having a vertical longitudinally-split post, A, with a tip,0, and the horizontal elliptical flange i, intermediate the back 0 andthe upper end of the post, and a head, D, having a tubular post, B,

provided at its inner end with the lip g and have hereunto set my handthis 13th day of at its outer extremity with the horizontal el- November1879. lipticall flange h the two elliptical flanges lying coincident andadjacent to each other when JOSEPH NEWMAN 5 the parts are in position,all as and for the Witnesses:

purpose described. ISAAC L. SINK,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I FRANCIS MOORE.

